174 Quotes About Self-and-non-self

To generate difference of opinion is the ‘poison’ itself. One wants to be immortal and he is drinking ‘poison’.

Mechanical Soul is Unstill (Ever Changing), it is restless, It is mechanical. You believe the unstill part to be the Living Conscious Self (Soul) and therefore you try to make it still. In reality, the Real Soul is still only; it is immovable.

He who observes the Prakruti (Relative Self) is Purush (The Real Self, Soul). He who has finished observing the Prakruti is the Parmatma (Absolute Supreme Soul).

All religions are correct but the religion that searches for ‘Who am I?’ and ‘Who is the doer?’ is on the final path of religion. And the one that knows this ‘Who’ is the final religion.

After deciding ‘Who am I?’ can one say ‘this is not mine’. A mistaken belief of ‘I’ (in the wrong place) has given rise to the mistake of ‘mine’ (worldly attachment).

On One’s Own, ‘Who Am I’ cannot be understood. If egoism goes away, then ‘Who Am I’ can be understood. But how can the egoism go away?

Gnan (Knowledge) is not attained first; first the ego departs.

People know the differences in the world, but no one knows the ‘difference of the differences’ (Bhed No Bhed). They know that the Self and the body are separate things, but they do not understand what the difference there is. That is the difference of the differences.

What is the Soul like? It is in the form of projected imagination. When one falsely believes ‘I am Chandubhai’, that additional inner intent (vishesh bhaav) is a vikalp (wrong imaginary projection). ‘I am the boss’ is a second vikalp. ‘I am his uncle’ is the third vikalp. There are numerous such vikalps.